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ref-manual/release-process: clarifiy upstream criteria for stable

Message ID 20260724153231.48828-1-daniel.turull@ericsson.com
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Daniel Turull July 24, 2026, 3:32 p.m. UTC
From: Daniel Turull <daniel.turull@ericsson.com>

Make explicit that we either Upstream maintainer confirmation or
Clear historical or common-sense evidence.

See discussion in:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/a5d35ab2c3edde68e4edf81ecf48ce5edeb8fb37.camel@ericsson.com/

Signed-off-by: Daniel Turull <daniel.turull@ericsson.com>
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 documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst | 2 ++
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst
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--- a/documentation/ref-manual/release-process.rst
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@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@  following criteria:
    third part (e.g. ``2.41.3`` to ``2.41.4``) are stable point releases.
    Similarly, systemd maintains ``stable/v259-stable``.
 
+And at least one of the following:
+
 2. **Upstream maintainer confirmation** --- the upstream project's maintainer
    explicitly confirms that a bump in a certain part of the version is
    bug-fix only.